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As hoped, some positive recent developments can be pointed out in advancing pluralism in Israel's political arena. These are direct results of the existence of a coalition, in which several member parties hold worldviews that support religious freedom and equality...
As we have repeatedly reported, Haredi political wrath is channeled primarily in two directions...
On the eve of Sukkot, the cover of the Shas party’s newspaper “HaDerekh” featured an interview with the party leader, Rabbi Aryeh Deri as the lead article.
The new year has begun, and with it the need to deal with our new year's resolutions. A new year, a new government, new beginnings, and quite a few old challenges. The webinar we held this week with Diaspora Affairs Minister Dr. Nachman Shai [see below] refers to new beginnings that have opened a window of opportunity to face old challenges.
We are proud to present Hiddush's annual Israel Religion & State Index. The Index and a comparison of its data over the last ten years prove that the Israeli public is fed up with the ‘status quo’ on religious issues.
The phenomenon of the most prominent athlete in Israel today, who won a gold medal for the State of Israel and sweeping praise from the heads of state; but is not allowed by his country to marry his girlfriend.
In this newsletter you can find a selection of statements from recent days by the heads of all the ultra-Orthodox parties. They are characterized by a combination of hyperbole, extremism and paranoia.
Yair Lapid called President Rivlin and informed him, "I was able to successfully complete the undertaking of assembling the government."
Only 40% support maintaining the conversion process in Israel under the exclusive authority of the Chief Rabbinate! The majority of the public, 60%[!] wants to abolish the Chief Rabbinate's monopoly over the State of Israel's official recognition of conversions.
This week, a new chapter opens in Israel's political ‘Unfinished Symphony’, but in Israel it is a particularly cacophonous work, which nobody knows how it will end…
Political tension in Israel is increasing. It is now clear that even after the fourth round of elections no decisive results were reached.
After much deliberation, President Rivlin, after clearly going through an inner struggle, announced his decision to entrust the mandate to attempt to form the new Israeli government to Prime Minister Netanyahu.
The Supreme Court was kind to Israel in issuing its ruling this week on the matter of the eligibility under the Law of Return for Reform and Conservative Conversions performed in Israel.
The Israeli elections are approaching, and with them two conflicting emotions are strengthening: on the one hand, tensions are rising and the competing parties are increasing the pace of their statements and exercises of self-glorification and smearing of their opponents.